Category "candy"

Dalgona Toffee Burns When Adding Baking Soda

I've tried this every way from Sunday. I've had some success using a bit of corn syrup but I don't get the rise and melt in your mouth Texture that I prefer. So

How to adjust for making candy from corn syrup instead of sugar?

I've recently started to experiment with making hard candy from straight corn syrup rather than conventional sugar, and so far it has worked remarkably well. As

Chocolate molds in shapes of kitchen supplies

I am going to be making a gag gift for some friends. I want to make chocolates in the shape of pots, pans, and cooking utensils as they are in the process of cl

How do you get a dry surface on gummie candies?

I made this recipe for sour gummies: Gummies 2 C / 473ml fruit juice (I used apple) 2.5 C / 600ml water, divided 4.5 tsp citric acid 6.6 oz / 187g gelatin 22.4

Altering halvah recipe

Here is basic recipe for Halvah: Ingredients 2 cups honey 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups unsalted pistachios or almonds 2 cups tahini If I were to drop ratio

Can a pre made jam be thickened into pate de fruit?

I have a wonderful locally made jam and want to turn it into fruit de pate to sell alongside the jam in my market. Can I add more pectin to the jam after heatin

Candy making in Dutch Oven when there is only one of you

I’m trying to make fudge and other hard candies such as peanut brittle in my Lodge Dutch Oven. The problem that I’m having is that I cannot hold th

Poured fondant that stays liquid

I need help regarding poured fondant - to be precise, I would like to have it more on the liquid side. I plan to use it as a chocolate bar filling, that is why

How do I use Carnauba or Beeswax for Candy?

I am trying to make gummies and I want to use either Carnauba wax or bees wax to make a coating, anyone got any idea WHAT Carnauba or bees wax to use and how to

How to prevent filling getting squeezed out of chocolate coated candies?

I made some chocolate coated peanut butter candy-eggs, and after I dipped the first egg in chocolate and set it on the rack to cool, the filling is getting sque

How long would I have to microwave corn syrup to get it to the hard ball candy stage?

I have 0.3 kg of corn syrup at room temperature (294 K). The specific heat of corn syrup is [2.72 kJ/(kg K)][1]. I want to heat it up in a 1,000 W microwave unt

Why can you make hard candy with maple syrup, honey, and corn syrup, but not agave nectar?

Maple syrup is mostly sucrose. Honey is a mixture of glucose and fructose. Corn syrup is glucose. Agave is mostly fructose. I have read that the chemistry of c

Help making cotton candy - clumps and is wet?

I have a mid-grade cotton candy machine (paragon classic 5) and I am having a lot of trouble getting it right. I am following the minimal instructions it comes

How to soften hard gummy candies

I’ve been eating spearmint gummy candies and spice drop candies. Most of the time they are the perfect consistency and I’m able to eat them with no

How does the size of the ginger affect the candy process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-MFpM74SNw&ab_channel=Carolineartiss I'm interested in candying ginger, like in this video. I want tiny candied ginger piec

Struggling to make gummies / gum drops with pectin NH

Okay, so I'm pretty new to making gummies and my goal is to make vegan ones with pectin. BUT I haven't been able to get anything remotely resembling gummy bears

Boil candy for 1-½ hours to soft ball stage?

I’ve recently run across a recipe in a vintage cookbook (probably the fifties, as the phone numbers in it are exchange numbers) for “Two-Hour Candy&

Homemade Marshmallows Makes Soggy Rice Krispies Treats

I use a no-corn syrup, eggless marshmallow recipe and have had terrible results using them to make Rice Krispies Treats. Marshmallow Recipe 1/2 cup water, divid

Sugar coated pecans without turning amber

I had an old Aunt who used to make the best sugar coated pecans. I have tried to replicate the recipe but where hers were a snowy white colour mine turn out car

What went wrong with my walnut brittle

I have been making this recipe for the past 10 years for Christmas. This year every batch has turned out bad. By bad I mean it doesn't have that brittle snap wh